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Hillside Terracing
technologies

Hillside Terracing [Ethiopia]

A hillside terrace is a structure along the contour, where a strip of land is levelled for tree planting.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Hans Hurni
Multiple Cropping
technologies

Multiple Cropping [Ethiopia]

Multiple cropping is an agronomic practice of growing two or more crops on the same land simultaneously in a given growing season

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Stone faced trench bund
technologies

Stone faced trench bund [Ethiopia]

It is an allignment of stones embankment at the lower/downslope of the trench dug to form earth embankment following a contour.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Stone wall check dam
technologies

Stone wall check dam [Ethiopia]

Stone wall check dams are built across a gully to collect alluvial soil and hinder further gully erosion.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Simon Bach
Hararghie Stone Faced Soil Bund
technologies

Hararghie Stone Faced Soil Bund [Ethiopia]

Stone faced embankment constructed along the contour to reduce soil loss

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Haraghie Stone Bund
technologies

Haraghie Stone Bund [Ethiopia]

It is constructed along the contour to minimize soil erosion and prevent runoff damage from down stream fields.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Unknown User
Desho Grass Soil Bund
technologies

Desho Grass Soil Bund [Ethiopia]

Desho grass strip is a vegetative SWC measure used for stablizing the bund and provide fodder for animals.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Daniel Danano
DireDawaTraditional Checkdam
technologies

DireDawaTraditional Checkdam [Ethiopia]

It is a stone wall built across a gully at a given interval to trap moisture and sediment for crop production.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Daniel Danano
Vegetated graded soil bund
technologies

Vegetated graded soil bund [Ethiopia]

Vegetated graded soil bund is a soil conservation practice meant for cultivated lands and constructed by excavating graded channel on upper side and develop embankment on lower side which is planted with grass or shrub species in order to control soil erosion and drain excess runoff implemented through community mobilization.

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Gizaw Desta Gessesse
Gully erosion management
technologies

Gully erosion management [Ethiopia]

Gully erosion management is the application of combination of practices to control excess or concentrated runoff generation in the gully upstream catchment area, divert excess runoff upstream of gully heads and control further development of gully using appropriate structural and vegetative measures in the head, bed and sides of the â€Ķ

  • āļœāļđāđ‰āļĢāļ§āļšāļĢāļ§āļĄ: Gizaw Desta Gessesse